The Soccer Gods were well at work on this windy soccer pitchThe Soccer Gods were well at work on this windy soccer pitch

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We often hear about the baseball or hockey Gods doing their wicked work high above the field or ice, but on this pitch in England, the soccer (sorry, football) Gods certainly made their presence known. </br></br>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/146244161" width="620" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <a href="https://vimeo.com/146244161">Crazy wind-assisted goal Thurrock v Romford</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user45998231">LJB</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.
What could this British amateur league team possibly have done to be disciplined with such an ill-fated own-goal though? Who knows, but that ball was absolutely and entirely redirected in mid-air. Itâ€™s almost as if an arm stretched out of the sky and with the swift flick of a finger, returned it like a boomerang, sending it backwards towards the kickers net, only to then topple over the tippy top of his goaltenderâ€™s fingers, presenting him with the most desperate and deceptive hope of stopping this thing whose destiny was clearly sitting deep in the back of his net. They were doomed I tell you! </br></br>
The only other possibility was the windâ€¦it was very windy that night. </br></br>
(H/T: <a href="https://sports.vice.com/ca/highlight/wind-blows-ball-backwards-for-crazy-physics-defying-isthmian-league-own-goal" target="_blank">Vice Sports</a>) Full Story.(Photo: )

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